Volume 15, Number 5
Arts Festival—
May 2, 3 and 4
Juried art,' craft and
photography will again be ex
hibited in the indoor display area
during the Creative Arts
Festival. Work in all three areas
and in a variety of media will be
displayed throughout the three
day festival in the lower level of
the library at the Hazleton Cam
pus - of the- Pennsylvania State
University.
Through juried exhibits, the
Festival Committee seeks to en
courage nad reward artists pro
ducing the best work in the three
areas. Cash prizes totaling over
$1,200 will be awarded to outstan
ding artists, craftsmen and
photographers. Art entries are
eligible for three awards and a
purchase award prize.
Photographs will receive first
and second awards in both color
and black and white. Crafts will
be eligible for single awards in
six categories based upon media.
Work submitted for the Juried
Exhibition should have been com
pleted within the last 18 months
prior to the Festival. No work will
be accepted which has been
shown in a previous Creative Arts
Festival. Further specifications
for art, craft and photography
WHCB airs Spring term
It is - the third term at members had worked up to thirty
Highacres, and W,H.C.B. is now hours a week. Now, however,
on the air. The delay lasted two each of the twenty-five current
terms due to an inadequate members works at least eight
number of members, but Larry hours a week as a D.J.
Mancini and Steve French, sta- Planning is already beginning
tion managers, and Eric Powers, for the 'BO Fall Term. Steve
vice-president, have managed to French stated that if the desired
arouse enough interest to start alloations are received, a new
the club. Each member has con- broadcasting system with an in
tributed much to the survival of creased output (.10 watts to 5
the station. Staff members have watts) will be purchased. This in
helped by donating many crease will enable the club to
albums. When the club first broadcast to the entire Hazleton
HAZLETON CAMPUS PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
have been set by the Festival
Committee and will be listed in
the 1980 brochure.
Brochures for this year's
festival "Arts—Out of this
World" are now being prepared
and will be available shortly at
'the Greater Hazleton Chainber of
Commerce and several othe loca
tions. Chairman for this year's in
door display is Elayne Holland
Kavalecs. Inquires may- be
directed to. the Chamber office
455-1508. Last year's festival at
tracted over 20,000 people to the
Exhibits and performances.
"Arts—Out of this World" will be
held May 2, 3 and 4 at the
Hazleton Campus of the Penn
sylvania State University, and is
jointly funded by the Greater
Hazleton Fine Arts Council and
the Pennsylvania Council on the
Arts.
Purchase awards from the
1974-79 juried shows are now on
display throughout the communi
ty at the following locations: now
thorugh March 14, Hazleton Area
Public Library; March 17-April
18, Peoples Bank (Laurel Mall
and Church Hill Mall Branches);
April 21-May 4, Hazleton National
Bank and Deisroths.
'gently
Highacres Players perform tonight
The Lady's Not For Burning,
adapted and directed by Jay
Breckenridge, will be presented
by the Highacres Players on
April 23, 24, 25 and 26. The pro
duction will be in the Commons
Theatere, and show time every
evening is 8 pm. Tickets are
available in the Commons and
the Dining Hall during lunch. Stu
dent tickets are free and all
others are $l.
This comedy, written by
Christopher Fry, is set in about
the 15th century. The play begins
With Thomas, a soldier recently
returned from the war, asking to
Chorus to sing
fine arts week
After a successful performance
in February, the Penn State-
Hazleton Campus Chorus, under
the direction of Mr, Joe
Jumpeter, is currently working
on another promising production
to be performed next month
following the Fine Arts Festival.
The program will include song
selections from the Broadway
musical, Godspell, along with a
live orchestra and dances
choreographed by Paul Mulhern.
Soloists featured in the produc
tion and the numbers they will be
singing are Prepare Ye—Jon
Weaver; Save The People—Mark
Peterson; Day By Day—Lisa
Waltman; Bless The Lord—Lisa
Haffner; All Good Gifts—Bruce
Johnstone and Joanne
Moerschbacher; Turn Back Of
Man—Roberta Kuchera; By My
Side—Lisa Ragazzi and Peggy
Hazen; We Beseech Thee—Terry
Turko; On The Willows—Art
Freas, Denise Goodman, and
Greg Dodson.
Other members included in the
production are Mary Beharry,
Karen Belusko, Roberta Bron
son, Wendy Eckert, Cindy Fagan,
Jeffier Helock, Sandra
Humenick, Greg Keiper, Dawn
Mace, Sandy McCoy, Paul
McDermott, Gretchen Oberst,
Kathy Peters, Julia Smulligan,
Tom Stewart, Bill Warg, Mark
Warmkessel, Doug Werner and
Debra Williams.
If you would like to see th show,
come to the Phys. Ed Building on
May 4, the last day of the Fine
Arts Festival. The program
begins at 5:50 p.m. Admission is
$l.OO and if you're a PSU student
with ID, you can see it free.
The show promises to be very
entertaining and to quote a
somewhat biased critic, "It's go
ing to be dynamite!"
be hanged. Tyson, the Mayor,
refuses to hang him because the
"gallows are not a charitable in
stitution." Later, Jennet, the sc
cused witch, enters the scene
while trying to escape the angry
mob in the street. Meanwhile,
Richard, the County Clerk, falls
in love with Alizon, Humphrey's
bride-to-be. More complications
arise when Thomas and Jennet
begin to fall in love, also.
Members of the cast include
Jeff Beach as Richard, Finn
Petersen as Thomas Mendip,
Rose Schwenk as Mrs. Cartright,
Debbie Williams as Alizon Eliot,
Tim Kelly as Nicholas Devise,
Highacres students
elect SGA Senators
Together with the end of the
1979-'BO school year comes the
end of the terms of offices of the
Highacres SGA. Retiring Presi
dent Lisa Ragazzi has
demonstrated true leadership to
all Penn State students
throughout this past year.
Recently, elections were held,
and new officers were chosen.
Succeeding Miss Ragazzi is Mike
Ford and his right-hand-man,
Mario Rosato. Also elected were
the following SGA Senators: Mar
tha Beharry, Finn Peterson, Bill
Warg, Jon Weaver and Karen
Wertke.
SGA will hold the annual
Inside This Issue
Collegian Farewell,
Letter to Editor p. 2
Economic Roundup P. 3
More Vandalism p. 7
Sports Rap P. 8
April 1980
Nora Reichard as Margaret
Devise, Bruce Del Valle as Hum
phrey Devise, Bill Warg as Heb
ble Tyson, Denise Goodman as
Jennet Jourdemayne, Martha
Beharry as The Abbess, Joe Mar
chesani as Edward Tappercoom,
Richelle Fracke as The Maid,
and Nik Millen as Matthew
Skipps.
Glen Puhak is acting as Pro
duction Manager, and Mark
Peterson designed the stage for
The Lady's Not For Burning.
Steven Brubaker, Tony Olmo,
and Chris Nash are members of
the Stage Crew. Beth Howard is
the Costume Coordinator.
Awards Banquet on May 9. Music
will be provided by the Lear
Brothers, and Lobitz's will cater
the gala event. A limited number
of tickets will be available, so
please get yours as soon as possi
ble. The Student Government
Association is in the process of
publishing a pamphlet which will
contain a list of places to go in
Hazleton. This booklet, which will
contain a listing of clothing
stores, churches, grovery stores,
hairdressers, laundromats, etc.,
will be available by May. Also,
SGA plans to put a housing list on
file for reference for students
looking for apartments during
this summer.